Painting: Okanagan Picnic Spot 3

What a beautiful day!  We have blue skies and sunshine.  The birds are singing.  What a great day to paint.

Today is the Grand opening celebration for the Lake Country Art Gallery.  I'm so pleased to have had my painting, Silence..., chosen for the first show.  If you live close enough, come on over.  It starts at four and runs until seven.

Okanagan Picnic Spot 3

6"x8" oil on stretched canvas

SOLD

Today's picture is the third and last painting from my series Okanagan picnic spots.

Welcome all my new followers.

I seem to be having a glitch in my google friend connect. Every time I try to send a message to a new follower, I end up joining my own site instead. Soooo, if you did recently join my google friend connect, WELCOME. I am very pleased to have you on board.

This morning I was listening to an audio podcast where Geoffrey Gorman mentioned that an artist should try and create one museum piece each year.  I'm working on that piece now.  It's a three part series with the name: (I'm still debating this) "Life's Journey".  I attached the first piece I painted, (part two) in an earlier blog.  I've now completed the second piece which is part one of the series.  I'm sure when all three parts are done, there will need to be some tweeking to help them flow together but here are the two for now. Please note that the photo's make them look different colours but they were created with the same pallet.  I'm hoping many of you will relate times in your lives to the different parts of my series.

"Okanagan Picnic Spot 2"

6"x8"oil on stretched canvas

SOLD

The Okanagan Valley where I live is having one of it's best winters.   Lots of snow for the skiers but clear roads for us valley bottom dwellers.  The hint of spring, though it's still far off, energizes me and calls me to the easel.  I hope all of you, my blog visitors, have an amazing day full of wonderful accomplishments.

Today I'm including another picture I painted of our pretty valley in the summer time.

Painting: Okanagan Picnic Spot 1

"Okanagan Picnic Spot 1" 6"x8"oil, SOLD

I've got a few days of long shifts to put in at the gallery I work at, so today I'm just posting a picture of another painting I did of the beautiful Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada.  Have a good weekend.

Added my painting as the blog header.

It worked!  I was able to put one of my paintings in the blog header.  The view is from the bridge in a place called Grinrod.  There is a Riverside Inn beside the bridge and they graciously display the painting for sale. It was a beautiful quiet day and the birds were gliding together over the water.  I'm so glad I was able to capture just a glimpse of that wonderful moment.  I named it Tranquil Waters.

Coffee and art, a great combination.

"Silence..."

24"x20" acrylic/oil gallery wrapped canvas

Available at Lake Country Art Gallery

Hi folks, thanks for visiting my blog.  This morning my husband and I went to the new coffee house in the community of Lake Country, where we live.  What a treat to see Dave Watland's art displayed throughout the shop.  I really appreciate it when a business supports local artists this way.  Attached to the coffee shop will be our new community art gallery.  I'm attaching the painting I've submitted for the opening show.  If you have a chance to come this way, take a few moments and drop in, if not, then take a break from the studio and visit your own local gallery or business that hosts an artist.